Spacer for flat top 18650?

cricoid · Dec 22, 2012

I'm new here...searched but came up empty so sorry in advance!

I just bought an EagleTac D25LC2 clicky along with a Fenix 18650 battery. Problem is I didn't research hard enough and the Fenix battery's flat top doesn't work in the EagleTac.

I've seen talk of a magnet spacer that may enable the flat top battery to work? Can someone point me in the right direction?

yellow · Dec 23, 2012

magnets from cheapo shops like dealextreme,

or put a solder point on Your cell,
or solder a copper/nickel/brass, ..., spacer onto the cell
(advantage: can not move, while a magnet might wobble around and cause a short - on very hard impacts and the right direction)

mvyrmnd · Dec 23, 2012

As yellow has said - the issue with magnets is that of you drop the light on its side, the magnet can move, contact the body of the light and cause a dead short, leaving you holding a pipe bomb. Solder is good as it won't move (I have a bunch of cells that I've put a blob of solder on) but you don't want to overheat the cell too much when you're soldering :poof:

The BEST solution is to buy button top cells, then buy another light to use your flat tops

cricoid · Dec 23, 2012

mvyrmnd said:
As yellow has said - the issue with magnets is that of you drop the light on its side, the magnet can move, contact the body of the light and cause a dead short, leaving you holding a pipe bomb. Solder is good as it won't move (I have a bunch of cells that I've put a blob of solder on) but you don't want to overheat the cell too much when you're soldering

The BEST solution is to buy button top cells, then buy another light to use your flat tops

Thanks kindly for the assistance. I already went route 2 and ordered some button top cells....I'll just buy another light that can use the flat tops. Is there an easy way to tell if a light is capable of using the flat top battery? How about a 4Sevens? I have a Quark AA and a Mini ML that I really like already, so I wouldn't mind picking up one of their larger lights.

mvyrmnd · Dec 24, 2012

A lot of lights specify these days if they can use flat top cells. I don't know of any off the top of my head...

lightseeker2009 · Dec 25, 2012

How many amps can these magnets take?

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